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Cruising the "Mother Road"

Cruise through the second half of the deserts along Route 66.

04/29/2006 | Expires 04/29/2026 | Rating TV-G

Cruising the "Mother Road"

The Desert Speaks

Cruising the "Mother Road"

Season 16 Episode 1606 | 26m 19sVideo has Closed Captions

Cruise through the second half of the deserts along Route 66.

Begin in the Petrified Forest near the border of Arizona and New Mexico and trace the “mother road” through the pines of Flagstaff to the Joshua trees of the Mojave Desert. Along the way, the travelers experience heavy winds at the Meteor Crater, visit the ghost town of Oatman, catch a glimpse of the rare “shoe tree” and finish up in the San Bernardino Mountains of California.

04/29/2006 | Expires 04/29/2026 | Rating TV-G

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The Desert Speaks

Cruising the "Mother Road"

Season 16 Episode 1606 | 26m 19sVideo has Closed Captions

Begin in the Petrified Forest near the border of Arizona and New Mexico and trace the “mother road” through the pines of Flagstaff to the Joshua trees of the Mojave Desert. Along the way, the travelers experience heavy winds at the Meteor Crater, visit the ghost town of Oatman, catch a glimpse of the rare “shoe tree” and finish up in the San Bernardino Mountains of California.

04/29/2006 | Expires 04/29/2026 | Rating TV-G

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